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Chargebacks911 Releases 2023 Chargeback Field Report, Giving Clients an Understanding of Current State of Friendly Fraud

Chargebacks911, which claims to be the first company dedicated to providing chargeback remediation services to the world’s largest banks and businesses, released its 2023 Chargeback Field Report, “giving retailers and financial institutions an understanding into the current state of friendly fraud, first-party misuse and chargeback… Read More

Perspective: Is the Banking Crisis Back?

The fall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the emergency merger of Credit Suisse with UBS, and most recently, the seizure and sale of First Republic Bank quickly dissipated much of the trust that had been slowly returning to the banking sector. The question remains: if… Read More

Financial Risk Management Platform Feedzai Reports that Majority of Consumers have Been a Victim of Financial Crime

Feedzai, which claims to be the world’s first RiskOps platform for financial risk management, has released its latest report – The Human Impact of Fraud and Financial Crime on Customer Trust in Banks. The report, “based on research of 4,000 consumers in the UK and… Read More

Moody’s Downgrades Entire Banking Sector from Stable to Negative

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded the entire US banking sector following the events in the past week. Moody’s said it has changed its outlook from stable to negative. This is a reflection of the events impacting Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature Bank (SBNY), and Silvergate… Read More

Earnix, a Provider of Pricing and Rating Solutions for Banks, Welcomes New CEO

Earnix, the provider of mission-critical cloud-based intelligent real-time, dynamic pricing and rating solutions for insurers and banks, announced it is appointing insurance and fintech industry veteran, Robin Gilthorpe, as its new Chief Executive Officer “effective February 1, 2023.” Mr. Gilthorpe will be “taking over the… Read More

Lender Approval Rates Improved in September: Biz2Credit Survey

Loan approval rates at many banks inched upward in September, data from Biz2Credit’s monthly Small Business Lending Index shows. Biz2Credit analyzed loan requests from companies that have been in business for more than two years and who have credit scores greater than 680. The results… Read More

Renata Sumskaite appointed as Curve’s CEO and Head of Lithuania

Fast-growing financial app Curve has appointed Renata Sumskaite as CEO and Head of Curve Lithuania to spearhead innovation and product development at the organization. Prior to Curve, Renata was the Head of Fintech hub’ Rise Vilnius’ by Barclays and was also Head of the Barclaycard… Read More

Mastercard Partners With Swedish Fintech Doconomy to Launch Carbon Calculator Tool for Banks Globally

Mastercard announced on Monday it has joined forces with Swedish fintech Doconomy to develop the Mastercard Carbon Calculator, a feature specifically for banks to adapt and customize for eco-conscious consumers to monitor their spending habits. “The Carbon Calculator enables consumers to receive a snapshot of… Read More

Digital Bank Oxygen Raises $17 Million Series A, Plans New Services Such as Lending, Crypto and More

Oxygen, an early-stage digital bank, has closed on a $17 million Series A round led by Runa Capital. The funding round included participation from S7V, 1984.vc, EFG Hermes, Rucker Park, and Inventures. Several high profile individual investors participated in the offering including Frank Strauss, Global… Read More

Biz2Credit Small Business’ Latest Lending Index Reveals: Small Business Loan Approval Rates at Banks Declined in October 2020

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday its latest lending index revealed that small business loan approval percentages at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) dropped slightly from 13.5% in September to 13.3% in October. Biz2Credit reported that during the month of October small… Read More

Biz2Credit’s Latest Small Business Lending Index Reveals: Small Business Loan Approval Rates At Banks Fell Again in September 2020

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday its latest Small Business Lending Index has been released and revealed small business loan approval percentages at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) dropped slightly from 13.6% in August to 13.5% in September, indicative of the struggles… Read More

Biz2Credit’s Latest Small Business Lending Index Reveals: Small Business Loan Approval Rates at Banks Fell in August 2020

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday its latest Small Business Lending Index has been released and revealed small business loan approval percentages at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) and small banks dropped slightly in August 2020, an indication that the upward trend… Read More

Biz2Credit’s Latest Small Business Lending Index: Small Business Loan Approval Rates at Banks Increased in July 2020

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday its latest Small Business Lending Index has been released and revealed that the approval percentage for small business loan applications at big banks, which are more than $10 billion in assets increased three-tenths of a percent from… Read More

Biz2Credit Introduces Biz2X Accelerate SBA Platform For Banks & Credit Unions to Start Lending Under CARES Act

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Monday the launch of Biz2X Accelerate SBA, a platform that enables banks and other financial institutions to efficiently respond to the influx of loan requests from small businesses seeking to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)… Read More

97% of South Korean Crypto Asset Exchanges Could Be Shut Down Due to New Regulatory Requirements: Report

South Korea’s regulators have consistently preferred supporting blockchain-related initiatives over decentralized crypto tokens. Recent events confirm that the nation’s authorities are more inclined to support blockchain technology itself rather than investments in speculative cryptocurrencies.  According to local reports, approximately 97% of local crypto-asset exchanges might… Read More

Funding Circle Latest Report Reveals: Banks Give Small Businesses The Cold Shoulder One Decade After Financial Crisis

Online lending platform Funding Circle announced on Monday it partnered with Oxford Economics to launch a new report, called “Big Business of Small Business,” which revealed banks have been giving small businesses the “cold shoulder” one decade after the financial crisis, causing the businesses to fail… Read More

Temenos Launches New Component-Based Platform That Enables Banks to Onboard Customers

On Thursday, banking software Temenos announced the launch of Temenos Origination, which is described as a component-based platform that enables banks to onboard customers and originates products across all segments, channels and devices, offering bank customers a frictionless and contextualized digital experience.  According to Temenos,… Read More

LendKey Forms Partnership with Allied Solutions to Offer Digital Lending & Loan Participation Solutions for Financial Institutions

LendKey, a lending-as-a-service solution for banks and credit unions, announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with Allied Solutions to offer its digital lending solutions, including unique and innovative loan participation programs, to Allied’s more than 4,000 clients.   According to LendKey, Allied is… Read More

Biz2Credit’s New Small Business Lending Index Reveals: Bank & Institutional Lender Loan Approval Rates Climb in September 2017

On Tuesday, Biz2Credit announced the release of its latest monthly analysis, which revealed that Business loan approval rates at big banks ($10 billion-plus in assets) hit another post-recession high in September 2017. According to the report, Small business loan approval rates at big banks improved two-tenths of… Read More

How Banks Can Utilize Machine Learning

Last week, Accenture Consulting published a presentation on how banks can utilize machine learning to draw quicker insights from their data. Machine learning is the specific application of artificial intelligence (AI)  in which computers can learn without being explicitly programmed to do so. How Does it… Read More

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